South Africa
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773Apis Partners leads €29M (US$31M) Series A funding for African fintech Peach Payments
Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners LLP (“Apis Partners”), a UK-based asset manager, today announces its...
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952Strong growth in SA extends Talk360 seed funding to $7m
International calling app Talk360, which enables people around the world to make reliable and affordable calls to any landline or mobile phone...
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1.0KTalk360, International calling app, has secured $4 million in funding
International calling app Talk360, which enables people around the world to make reliable and affordable calls to any landline or mobile phone...
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1.0KVerdant Capital arranges a USD 10 million Debt Capital Raise for UsPlus Limited
UsPlus, a South African based specialist SME financing firm, has on the back of the further successful debt raise through its ZAR...
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1.0KDiDi halts operations in South Africa
Exactly one year after setting up in South Africa, DiDi, a Chinese multinational ride-hailing company, has announced its departure. The company launched...
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4.1KPM Connect signs landmark deal with the NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has partnered with mobile payment and marketing specialists PM Connect on an international deal for its premium live...
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2.5KAfrican FinTech trends in a post-Covid world
By Dominique Collett, a senior investment executive at Rand Merchant Investments and the head of AlphaCode Each year, at AlphaCode, we use...
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5.7KLiquid Telecom acquires data centres from Standard Bank
Africa Data Centers, part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has completed its second largest acquisition of a state of the art TIER...
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5.0KRand Merchant Investments & AlphaCode successfully exits investment in Luno
Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), through its fintech investment arm, AlphaCode has today exited its investment in Luno having been acquired today by...
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8.2KStandard Bank acquires 35% stake in South African fintech, TradeSafe
Standard Bank has today announced it has acquired a 35% stake in South African fintech, TradeSafe. Established in 2013, TradeSafe is an...
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6.4KAfrican payments platform DPO Group acquired for $288M – delivering a landmark fintech exit
DPO Group (DPO), one of the leading, high-growth online commerce platforms in Africa operating across 19 countries, has today entered into an...
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3.3KVALR raises $3.4M Series A to advance cryptocurrency adoption
VALR, South Africa’s largest bitcoin exchange by trading volume, announced today that it has raised R57-million (US$3.4-million) to advance the adoption of...
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Africa Data Centres expands in South Africa with new acquisition
Africa Data Centres, part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has completed the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Tier IV data centre in Johannesburg...
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3.2KCoca-Cola Africa seeks African tech solutions measuring in-market performance
The “Tracking Revolution Challenge”, which will see Disrupt Africa source startups from across the continent and give them the chance to pitch...
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3.7KAFGRI launches new agri-tech platform Axl
South African agricultural services company AFGRI Agri Services has launched Axl a new agri-tech platform enabling farmers to find, rent, and pay...
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3.6KNaspers invests in agri-tech startup Aerobotics
Naspers announced a R100 million ($5.5M) investment in agritech business Aerobotics, through its early-stage business funding initiative Naspers Foundry. Aerobotics is a...
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2.7KVodacom launches 5G mobile network in South Africa
Mobile operator Vodacom Group has switched on Africa’s first live 5G mobile network in three cities in South Africa, with further rollouts...
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3.7KYoco launches online payment solutions as in-person transactions fall by 90%
South African fintech Yoco has announced it has launched a suite of online payment solutions for merchants to sustain their cash flow...
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3.3KMobile communication solution Mobiz raises US$1m from Kalon Partners
South African venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners today announced a US$1-million investment into Mobiz, one of the fastest growing SmartSMS marketing...
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3.0KUrgent call for innovators from Africa to fight COVID19 with low-cost ventilators
As the COVID19 crisis rapidly grows across the globe there is an urgent search under way to find proven low-cost ventilator technologies,...
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3.2KFacebook launches Community Accelerator programme across Africa
Facebook has announced the launch of the Community Accelerator programme which will be available in the following countries across SSA: South Africa,...
